# κέρδος
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

According to Beekes, from a Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- (“craft, cunning”) and cognate with Old Irish cerd (“craft, skill”) (< *ḱerd-h₂-), Welsh cerdd (“song”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kér.dos/ → /ˈcer.ðos/ → /ˈcer.ðos/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /kér.dos/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈker.dos/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈcer.ðos/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈcer.ðos/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈcer.ðos/

### Noun

κέρδος • (kérdos) n (genitive κέρδους); third declension
* gain, profit
    Antonym: ζημῐ́ᾱ (zēmĭ́ā)

#### Derived terms

* κερδαίνω (kerdaínō)
* κερδαλέος (kerdaléos)
* κερδάριον (kerdárion)
* κερδητικός (kerdētikós)
* κερδοσύνη (kerdosúnē)
* κερδοφόρος (kerdophóros)
* κερδώ (kerdṓ)

#### Descendants

* Greek: κέρδος (kérdos)

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κέρδος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 678

### Further reading

* “κέρδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “κέρδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “κέρδος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* κέρδος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* κέρδος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. acquisition idem, page 9.advantage idem, page 14.avail idem, page 54.benefit idem, page 74.expediency idem, page 293.gain idem, page 352.good idem, page 366.grist idem, page 374.interest idem, page 450.lucre idem, page 504.material idem, page 517.pelf idem, page 602.privilege idem, page 642.profit idem, page 653.recommendation idem, page 680.
* “κέρδος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

## Greek
### Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek κέρδος (kérdos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈcer.ðos/
* Hyphenation: κέρ‧δος

### Noun

κέρδος • (kérdos) n (plural κέρδη)
* profit, gain (material or financial)

#### Synonyms

* όφελος n (ófelos)
* πλεονέκτημα n (pleonéktima)
* ωφέλεια f (oféleia)

#### Antonyms

* ζημία f (zimía, “loss, damage”)

#### Coordinate terms

* ωφελώ (ofeló, “to profit”)
* ωφελούμαι (ofeloúmai, “to gain, to make a profit”)

#### Related terms

* αισχροκέρδεια f (aischrokérdeia, “profiteering”)
* αισχροκερδής (aischrokerdís, “profiteering”)
* αισχροκερδώ (aischrokerdó, “profiteer”)
* ακερδής (akerdís, “profitless”)
* ανεπικερδής (anepikerdís, “unprofitable”)
* αφιλοκερδής (afilokerdís, “unselfish, not greedy of wealth”)
* κερδίζω (kerdízo, “to gain, to win”)
* κερδοσκοπία f (kerdoskopía, “speculation”)
* κερδοσκοπικός (kerdoskopikós, “speculative”)
* κερδοσκόπος m (kerdoskópos, “speculator”)
* κερδοσκοπώ (kerdoskopó, “speculate”)
* κερδοφορία f (kerdoforía, “profitability”)
* κερδοφόρος (kerdofóros, “profitable”)
* κερδώος (kerdóos, “epithet of Hermes; expression for speculative activity”)
* ξανακερδίζω (xanakerdízo, “win again, regain”)
* υπερκέρδος n (yperkérdos, “superprofit”)
* φιλοκέρδεια f (filokérdeia, “graspingness”)
* φιλοκερδής (filokerdís, “grasping, greedy of wealth”)